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Poverty Alliance members are invited to join us for a monthly meeting to discuss a poverty-related issue with the Poverty Alliance team and guest speakers holding relevant expertise. This is also an opportunity to ask questions, take part in a wider discussion with Poverty Alliance members. Topics will be confirmed in due course. Thurs 26th ... Read more 
Join our Get Inspired Programme over August and September and get ready to take part in Challenge Poverty Week 2026. These free online sessions will equip you with practical ideas, campaign tools, and all the information you need to your voice against the injustice of poverty from Monday 5th October - Sunday 11th October. Whether ... Read more |
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Challenge Poverty Week stall on main concourse of Ninewells Hospital outside NHS Tayside's Advice Centre. Will be manned by Advice Centre staff, including medical students. Stall with Challenge Poverty resources will promote cost of living support initiatives to NHS staff, patients, families & carers.
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Join our first Challenge Poverty Week Breakfast Briefing of the week! Sign up: Breakfast Briefing Social Security | Monday 5th October, 9am - 9:45am We are kicking off the week and taking a closer look at the theme of the day: Social Security. This session will focus on social security and explore specifically the role ... Read more
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JRF Scotland invites you to join us for the launch of the Poverty in Scotland 2026 report. Register to attend online or in-person here At the event we will share the latest findings on poverty in Scotland and discuss the vital role local government can play in preventing and reducing it. We'll bring new evidence ... Read more
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Please join us on Monday 5th October for the End Poverty Edinburgh citizen group’s 4th annual Challenge Poverty Week event. We'll explore two themes regarding poverty - 3rd spaces in the morning, and wellbeing in the afternoon. You can attend either one, or join us for the full day. The event will include panels, discussions, and film, ... Read more
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Please join us on Monday 5th October for the End Poverty Edinburgh citizen group’s 4th annual Challenge Poverty Week event. We’ll explore two yet to be announced themes regarding poverty – one in the morning, and one in the afternoon. You can attend either one, or join us for the full day. The event will ... Read more
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Challenge Poverty Aberdeen event Fairer Aberdeen Fund partners invite you to a special event to mark Challenge Poverty Week (5 - 11th October 2026). The event is aimed at raising awareness of the lived experience of poverty and inequality of Aberdeen's communities, as well as creating a space to share, consider and discuss opportunities and ... Read more |
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The Fraser of Allander Institute are excited to launch Fraser Focus, a new podcast series exploring the economic issues that matter to Scotland and the UK. Each series will take a deep dive into a particular topic, giving us the space to unpack the evidence and explore perspectives with special guests. Our first series will ... Read more 
Scotland’s national gathering on transforming outcomes for people facing severe and multiple disadvantage. People do not live their lives in neat, separate boxes. One day the priority is safe housing, the next mental health, substance use, money pressures or contact with the justice system. Yet services remain organised in silos. Too often people are passed ... Read more 
Scotland’s national gathering on transforming outcomes for people facing severe and multiple disadvantage. People do not live their lives in neat, separate boxes. One day the priority is safe housing, the next mental health, substance use, money pressures or contact with the justice system. Yet services remain organised in silos. Too often people are passed ... Read more
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Join us for our second Breakfast Briefing as part of Challenge Poverty Week's Energy Day. Sign up: Breakfast Briefing Energy | Tuesday 6th October, 9:15am - 10am Join speakers from Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and ChangeWorks as we focus on our key policy ask for this year - the delivery of a Warm Homes Guarantee, ... Read more
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Join us to hear about the new story of child poverty in Scotland. When: Tuesday 6th October, 11:00 – 12:00 Where: Online How to register: book your place via Eventbrite: https://new-story-of-child-poverty-in-scotland.eventbrite.com We all want to end child poverty. But progress is slow, and the way we talk about it doesn’t always help. That’s why Save ... Read more
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Join us for food, a screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street followed by a fun Q&A session! Film Screening and Q&A: Everybody to Kenmure Street Neighbours and activists rush to surround an immigration van detaining two residents in Scotland’s most diverse community. Everybody to Kenmure Street is an intense, ground-level, and ultimately joyous account of ... Read more
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Hosted by Jenni Minto MSP on behalf of the Poverty Alliance. Date: Tuesday 6th October Time: 6pm – 8pm Location: The Burns Room, Scottish Parliament This reception will celebrate the work of our Taking Action on Rural Poverty (TARP) project and provide an opportunity to bring together people with lived experience of poverty, community organisations, ... Read more
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Join Flexible Working Scotland, Peer Wiorks and The Melting Pot, in collaboration with the Edinburgh Fair Work Action Group, for a free panel session marking Fair Work Day during Challenge Poverty Week. Hear real, practical stories about what fair, flexible work looks like day to day, from employers putting it into practice and people experiencing ... Read more
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Join us for our third Breakfast Briefing as part of Challenge Poverty Week's Fair Work Day. Sign up: Breakfast Briefing Fair Work | Wednesday 7th October, 9:15am - 10am Hosted by Living Wage Scotland, this session will focus on our key policy ask for this year - with a focus on the need to increase ... Read more
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Looking for advice, guidance or practical support? Empower Aberdeen brings together 60 trusted charities and services for one day at The Music Hall. On Wednesday 7 October, you can access free, face-to-face support on a wide range of issues affecting households across the city. From funding and community services to everyday challenges, this is a ... Read more
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Wednesday 7 October, 10am to 12pm- Hope for Sale: Game Over @ STAR Project, 12-14 Wallace Street, Paisley, PA3 2BU As it’s Challenge Poverty Week, there’s no better time to launch the first in our six-part monthly workshop series exploring gambling, financial hardship and mental health. Together, we’ll look beyond individual choices to examine how ... Read more
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Primary Schools online session: Getting Ready to Tackle the Cost of the School Day Wednesday 7 October, 11am-12pm Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland invites young people from Primary schools around Scotland to take part in our Getting Ready to Tackle the Cost of the School Day online learning sessions. Designed in collaboration with ... Read more
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Secondary Schools online session: Getting Ready to Tackle the Cost of the School Day Wednesday 7 October 2pm - 3pm Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland invites young people from Secondary schools around Scotland to take part in our Getting Ready to Tackle the Cost of the School Day online learning sessions. Designed in ... Read more |
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Sign up: Breakfast Briefing Special, In Conversation With Amanda Amaeshi | Thursday 8th October, 9:15am - 10am Join us for our final Challenge Poverty Week Breakfast Briefing of the week taking place on 'Tackling Child Poverty' day. We are focusing on the need for children and young people’s voices and participation to be central ... Read more
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As part of Challenge Poverty Week, OVOS ambassadors will use young people’s comics and stories as a starting point for exploring what poverty looks like in everyday life, and what this can tell us about policy and services. Working with participants, ambassadors will lead a creative Story → Policy → Change activity, using the comics ... Read more
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‘Tackling In-Work Poverty through Fair Work’ hosted by the Edinburgh Fair Work Action Group The Edinburgh Fair Work Action Group is a collaboration of employers all committed to the promotion of Fair Work in the city. During Challenge Poverty Week, the group wants to bring together partners from across the city to explore ways we ... Read more
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Join us for a practical Learning Exchange for people involved in running village halls and community spaces across Argyll & Bute – a chance to share what’s working, learn from others and take away ideas for your own community. In the morning, we'll hear from: 🌟Christine from The Nevis Centre, as she shares how they ... Read more
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This training session will support participants to better understand the impact of poverty on people’s lives and consider how services can respond in a sensitive, respectful and non-stigmatising way. The session will explore practical approaches to embedding poverty-sensitive practice in everyday work with individuals and communities. Organiser: Dundee City Council Community Health Team and NHS ... Read more |
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Beyond Better: Communities and Anti-poverty Campaigning in Scotland - AGM Fri 9th Oct: The Studios, Glasgow Join our AGM this Challenge Poverty Week, and take part in a discussion led by Satwat Rehman (One Parent Families Scotland), Sabir Zazai (Scottish Refugee Council) and David Hilferty (Citizens Advice Scotland) on the growing division we’re seeing in ... Read more
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Sands Films presents THE MAN WITH THE PLAN A young person discovers the Beveridge Report: she questions…What happened? What is next? Starring Simon Callow as William Beveridge, with Sophie Jenkin, Mark Thomas, Alan Cox, Neil Gore, Neil D'Souza, Andrew Tiernan, Hal Cruttenden, Michael Mears and the voice of Miriam Margolyes . Also, with the appearance ... Read more |
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October's Members’ Meeting will be an opportunity for members to help shape the Poverty Alliance’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the proposed price cap on essential food items. Members will hear from expert speakers about the proposed legislation and their work around food security, before joining small-group discussions to share their views and ... Read more |
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